Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
When you're part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real world impact, and you'll be supported in achieving your career goals.
How will you make an impact?
This role is part of the Chromatography & Spectrometry Division (CMD) and will be reporting to the Americas Commercial Finance Director.
The Senior Financial Analyst will support a $0.6B+Region and is responsible for providing financial oversight, strategic guidance, and fostering strong business partnerships with our fast-paced Americas sales teams. By leading activities such as forecasting, pricing, budgeting, and close exercises, while leveraging analytics, reporting and presentation skills, you will help shape the commercial success of our business areas for finance leaders and the sales teams. You will develop a robust skills as part of this fast-paced function by interacting with a broad number of internal business partners.
What will you do?
Support monthly and quarterly business reviews to support the regional directors and to identify actions to improve the business; provide insight and support to the business unitsManage and own the monthly forecasting and annual (AOP) process for our TSS teamManage and own the forecasting and annual planning process for our Operating expense budgetEstablish, improve, and maintain performance measurements to aid in business evaluation, predictive/forward thinking analytical reporting, and target achievementCommunicate risks and opportunities to expected results and recommend contingency plans to deliver on the financial commitmentsWork with divisional counterparts assuring an alignment between global requirements and regionSupport operative and strategic decisions and suggest corrective actionsReview appropriate commercial finance support mechanisms and implement change as neededComplete special projects as requested, such as Go To Market strategies and integration processesProactively find opportunities for change, operational improvement, and system enhancementsJoin a highly collaborative team focused on teamwork and developmentHow will you get here?
Education
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Science, or, Economics Experience5+ years of strong analytical experience in financial planning and business analysisPrior experience in a large global company and highly matrixed organizationProficient at understanding and proactively communicating the financial implications of business decisions and dynamicsKnowledge, Skills, Abilities
Strong financial acuity, including familiarity with concepts of forecasting, budgeting and variance analysisData management experience and the ability to manage large sets of data and accurate reportsHighly analytical and possess a strong business senseOrganized multitasker: you prioritize your workload, in a fast-paced, high-growth environment,Strong team building skills working with a diverse group of people, even if geographically dispersedExcellent communication and presentation skills to communicate analysis and recommendations in concise informative mannerAble to deliver high quality effective presentation to communicate complex topicsExcellent skills with MS Excel are required; Oracle, HFM/CMR, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) are preferred.Self-motivated, higher level of flexibility and strong work ethic with the goal to get the job doneContinuous Improvement: Identify process and control gaps and champion improvement initiatives through Practical Process Improvement (PPI)Exhibit leadership, initiative, and the Thermo Fisher Scientific 4-1 values of Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement